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Donna Ciampa, Ed.D. — and the specialists beside her.

Three decades inside New York State education. Donna leads every engagement; two specialists join when the work calls for them.

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The practice

One principal, two specialists.

Donna Ciampa, Ed.D.

Educator. Dean. Advocate for students.

Campus Executive Dean of the Michael J. Grant Campus at Suffolk County Community College, providing oversight for 45 academic programs, student services, and facilities — aligned to the College’s mission, institutional goals, and strategic plan. Three decades inside New York State education as classroom teacher and College executive administrator. Donna founded Innovative Education to bring that experience to families and educational institutions across the region.

The student is the point. Everything else is the work that makes the point hold.
At a glance
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Student-centered administrator. Committed to engagement and the support mechanisms that produce maximum success.

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Data-driven decision-maker. Internal reporting and external benchmarks that improve teaching while maximizing budget efficiency.

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A deep network across schools, colleges, employers, and elected offices.

Teaching — from the classroom up
  • Professor (tenured) / Adjunct
  • Associate Professor (tenured)
  • Assistant Professor (tenured)
  • Instructor

Twenty years in the classroom, on tenure track from Instructor through full Professor — the foundation under every administrative role. Undergraduate and graduate higher education instruction, K–12 teacher in urban and suburban school.

Strategic PlanningAccreditationCurriculumFaculty DevelopmentCollege & Career

Emily Lemp, MA, MS

Visual Arts Educator, NYC Department of Education — Gramercy Arts High School

Emily teaches inside one of New York City's specialized arts high schools, where curriculum has to do double duty: meet state standards while preserving the studio time that makes an arts program worth attending. Her work sits at the seam between pedagogy and program design — the daily, classroom-level decisions that determine whether a written curriculum actually lives.

For Innovative Education, she advises on curriculum mapping, scope-and-sequence builds, and the small editorial choices that separate a binder from a document teachers will actually use. Her dual master's training (MA and MS) keeps her fluent in both content and method.

The curriculum you can hand a new teacher on a Tuesday is the curriculum that survives the year.
Curriculum MappingProgram DesignArts IntegrationNYC DOEStandards Alignment

SueAnn Lundquist, MS

Director of Support Programs (CSTEP & TRIO), Farmingdale State College

SueAnn runs the federal and state-funded access programs — CSTEP and TRIO — that move first-generation, low-income, and historically underrepresented students into and through college. That work is the day-to-day version of what most schools describe in their mission statements: equitable pathways, measured in enrollments, retention rates, and degrees earned.

She brings a school-counseling foundation (M.S., Counselor Education / School Counseling, Long Island University) and more than a decade of higher-education practice — research, strategic planning, team building, and the public-facing work of recruiting families into programs they didn't know existed. For Innovative Education, she advises on college access, transition supports, and the counseling infrastructure that turns a workbook into a plan.

Access programs aren't extra — they're the part of the institution that proves the mission is real.
College AccessSchool CounselingCSTEP / TRIOStrategic PlanningHigher Education
Working together

A small bench, assembled by engagement.

Donna scopes and leads every engagement. Emily and SueAnn join when the work needs them.

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